A new study led by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST; Saudi Arabia) Professor Alexandre Rosado has revealed an unusual microbial world in the Hatiba Mons hydrothermal vent ...
It began as a routine deep-sea expedition off theSaudi Arabian coast, one of many missions exploring the submerged topography of the Gulf of Aqaba. But 1,770 meters below the ocean’s surface, a ...
Millions of years ago, the Red Sea, now a vital marine region, disappeared entirely from the Earth’s surface. Cut off from the world’s oceans, its basin gradually dried into a vast, inhospitable salt ...